Strip-shingle-cutting machine



Jun@ 41.0,- 193@ H. n.' :FIEDLER ET AL L'@ STRIP SHINGILE CUTTING MAGHNE Filed May 19, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet l Hmm w, w3@ m. m. FIEDLER ET AL STRIP SHINGLE CUTTING MACHINE 4 Sheets--Sheeizv 2 //r///f/1/70/PS Filed May 19J 1924 June 10, 1930. H. R. FIEDLER ET AL STRIP SHINGLE CUTTING MACHINE Filed 'May 19, 1924 4 sheets-sheet 5 x I f li N.. if@

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mldltlftlll' FIEIDLFR, Uli' LOCKLANID, ADHD AMhllD'US G'Rl'll', 0F SEllrlEtlil, OHTI, allgllllltlhttil, El? MEENE ASSIGNMENTS, T THE PATENT AND LTUENSINGr CORTJDTMLFTON, l Uli' Bihtllll', MASSACHUSETTS, A COBflEUltATION Uli' MASSACHUSETTS lTlLtTFHINGTillh-WUTTTN@ MACHINE .application tiled May 19,

` @ir invention relates to devices for cutting out slahs :trom a sheet of prepared rooting material, in which notches are ultimately `termed in the slabs `to imitate a spacing t loetween talos, similar to shingles or tiles.

The type of strip shin le illustrated in our drawings, and which t e particular machine is designedto produce, is hut one ot Y the shapes which may be made according l0 to our invention, and we wish it understood that we have selected this enact style ot shingle tor purposes ot illustration of our invention. V The object in machines of the character l noted, is to cut out from a largesheet, a

series ot" slahs, each slab havin a continuous hody portion 4and a series o projections along the edge toloe exposed on the roof, .said projectionsbeing spaced apart, so as to give the edect of a number of individual pieces.

'ln order to accomplish this purpose, it is necessary to cut narrow short strips out ot the sheet and to slit the sheet and cut it into lengths so that the cut-outs register with the edge of the completed article. llt

is our object to provide a machine which' forms the cut-outs so that they, entend cross! wise of the sheet, and to slit the sheet len 'hwise to leave the cut-outs in registry wit the line of slit. ltkis our object to provide means wherehjv "the cut-outs are not died out olf the sheet in the customary manner, lout instead are rst cut around three sides, and the mate rial thus treed thenhent down, so as to clear the three sides cut. The lengthwise slitting of the sheetthen forms the fourth cut, :finishing the cutfout, during the operation ot forming the edge ot the sheet. d By this mode of operation-we provide a very eidective way ot clearing'away the cut outs, tromthe rooting. sheet,` which is,4 the otrtstanding problem in machines tor lilre purposes with which we arefamiliar. i "Rooting material termed ot a felt hase, saturated and coated' with bituminous materials; is not an easy material tohandle in view lotthe tact that the loituminous materials are sticlrjv, and tend to remain in the dies, or to stay sar 3.9%. Serial No. Yltll.

-in place in the rooting strips. The clearing of `the dies in machines of this type has always been a great problem, and our solution of the same permits of a very rapid action, and high quantity production, with a minimum amount of spoiled material. `We accomplish our said objects by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to he hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

ln the drawings: Figure l is a plan view ot the machine. Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof. .Figure 3 is a detail section, arranged as a diagram to illustrate the mode of operation of the machine, and talren from the opposite side from Figure 2. Y

Figure l is a detail plan view of one of the die rolls. l Figure 5 is a perspective view of a three sided die.

Figure 6 is a side elevational detail of the gearing on the opposite side of the machine from Figure 2.

Figure# is a plan view ot the final produc Figure 8 is a perspective view of a sheet of rooting materials, showing the several steps of operation thereon, as it passes through the machine.

Figure @is a plan view showing theoperaticn ol the slitter. i

The inathine is formed on a framework generally noted at l, the power being, applied to a pulley 2 from a driving motor 3, by means olf a belt 4l.' 'Il clutch 5 provided :tor coupling and uncoupling the drive, is

operated hy a handlenn and is located at the delivery end of the'machine.

The pulleygil is coupled with shaft tl hv the clutch and this shaft carries a gear 7, meshing witha large ear 8. The gear El is mounted on the epinc le 9 ot the dy imite l0.

i The Ylieed rolls 'lL-l mounted. in the trame,

and 'coming nent heliore the fly lrnite, are driven trom the lip imite shaft on gears on the opposite side ot the machine :trom the motor and pulley' {Figures tl a d l). llhus the said. shalt 9 has a gear lh tlllereon, nieshlllll titl tti

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ing witha gear traini14, which drives the machine. Thus the lower feed roll spindle gear 17 `on the side of the machine away' from gear 11a thereof, drives an idler gear 18, which idler meshes with the lower of the two gears 15b for the slitters. i

- An idler 19 meshes with the gear 15b an drives the gears 20a, 21a on the s indles 20 and 21 of the primary cutters.l JI)`h,ese primary cutters are in the form of drums 22, 20

drum 22 having die mounting elements 25,

extending lengthwise thereof in which'the primary cutters are adjustably arranged; 25

27 on a tripper shaft l28, said shaft having trlppers in the shape of fingers 29. The gear 20Ef drives an idler 30 which a lower and upper in-feed roller 31a, 322 Referring more particularlyl to the several.

elements which act on the roong piece, we

will first describe the product and trace the steps through which it passes in the machine. I ln Figure 8 is showna strip of roofing, which enters the machine in an uncut stage as at 40.v The operation of the primary cutters or dies is to cutout th-ree-sidedlslits 41,

which is deflected away from the three-sided hole, as will be noted.- The slitters then lengthwise of the long strip, lthis line of .-i-: cuts severing the'fourth side of the tabs, and

forming single width, long strips out'lof the main sheet. The fly knife then chops across the piece at the line 43,. thereby forming a series of strips 44, having shingle-like projections 45, and -bodies 46 which arecontinn'ous. The fly knife is timed to form its cut directly'through the center of theholesleft-in the slab by the combinedaction of the primary cutters and the slitters. c

is not a novelty in and of itself, being known as a strip shingle;7 and simulating a num-v i3, Figure 3, the soft metal iiisertsf241A in thsdrum 23' may be extended the full 23, the drum 23 having strips of soft metal 24 set in lengthwise lines therein', and the" The upper spindle 2O has a gear 26v on its non-driven end, which gear drives a gearmeshes with the feed roll gears 31, 32, ofl

in the piece, thereby liberating a tab. 411'",

and narrow nl Figurer is sims the una 44, which is yadapted tofbe laid on a roof in courses. and A patterns.

length thereof, and we find thatv for ready renewal, it is best to dovetail the drum and `provide the soft metal inserts in dovetailed form as illustrated in Figure 3 at 24a.

. In order to permit of adjustment and replacement of the primary cutters, we provide the lengthwise bars 25, either in pairs, or in thefor'm of channels as shown, between which-barsthelcutters are set, and bolted as' indicated at 51. The Vgutters themselves have 'bodies 52,'which aeffhollow', and pierced with holes 53 for passage of themounting bolts, said bolts passing through holes in the y members '25.

` The cutting edges`54 are three-sided in the vform shown, so thatl the roofing piece is slit and not'died out by the operation. As the `roong piece passes through lthe' machine,

Jthe soft metal .portions'ofthe upper drum `23 register lwith the cutters in the lower drum, and the action of the cutter will be to pass up throughthe roofing from the non- 4slate surface side, and then pass down again, drawing the freed end of the tab out partially. The beveling'- of the cutting edges indicated at 35"res`ultsinthe clean cutting 'soy out of the'three-sided tabs,leaving the edges clean, and coveredv with the asphalt coating of the roong sheetif `Thedrum 22 islocate'd over 56, so that the cutt ter (Figure 3). V

Mounted rOni;` a 1 cross v-Inemb'er vv57 offthe a water pan frame of the'machine-are 'a seriesiof deflector fingers *58,which are/,'arranged suitably 4with relation to fthef'slitt'ers on the two slitte'r' rshaft`s,so as to-en agesad turn down thel tongues41=ffforme Vinthe .roofing strip by A `the lprimary cuttersg-` The timing. ofv the trippers willabe T'such y thatthey'willfstrilre down any tongueswhh because of peculiarpers are used as a precautionary element of ers are lubricated by wacome into play forming a line 4of cuts 42; ity 0f action af@ .,itf.Pulledv OWH by the 4withdrawal ofthe primarycutters from the yno the machinlasince the tongues will always be deflected enoughby the dieing operation to be engaged and folded: clear down, by

means of the fingers 58. ,y Y v ;We have indicated adjustable bearings for the spindles of the.primaryl cutter drums,

and several' feed rolls and slitters, but such i devices arefamiliar in practice and do not requireiexplanation.. Y Y v It vshould be noted thatv the slitters 'are adjusted on their spindles 'by means `,of collar and' set screw mounting, which is ordinary .'practice, and that 4 the machine yis'so built generallyjfthat by easy shifting about and changesin f 'shape' of cutters, fly kni'fefdef 'doctors-'and the like, it may be adapted for cutting-.outstrip shingles ofA a varietyfof 1t; is a decidedadvantage to have the pristrip lengthwise and also cut away the,v

ieaeee mary etters struck up through the roong strip from the'non-slate surfaced side, where slate .surfaced roofing is being cut-out. This saves the knives themselves, and furthermore resultsin the bituminous coating of. theroofing strip being smeared about the edges of the cut, rather than that' the slate is forced down around the edges of the eut, leaving a rough appearance, liable to more rapid deterioration than a properly pro tected edge. It is an apparently slight difference in nature of exposed portions of composition shinglesV which gives them long life and ermanence of appearance. Y

Referring briefly to thev operation of the machine, a piece of roofing in the form of a sheet is led-tefthe machinewh'ere it isseized by the .jfeed rollsV 31a, i322 thence passes between 'the drums 22' and 23, of the primary cutters, thence passes to the slitters 15a and 16a, which divide the tongues which have been left 4from the primary cutters, and have been deflected during the travel of the "sheet from' the 'primary cutters to the slitters; The sheet then passes through the feed rollers 11 and' 12, and thence to the fly knife, which chops the en tire piece across, thereby redividing the strips cut lengthwise from the sheet, into unils or sections ready for mounting on the roo The speedV of operation of the machine described can be very high without resulting in a failure to` e edges of the units. To modify the distance apart of the notches in the units, the ily knife drive gear can be altered.

It will be` evident that modications in the mechanism shown and described can be made without departing from the spirit of our invention, the essentials of which are l' the mode ef cutting out the notches in the several strips by first severing three sides, thenbending down the tongue so liberated e andinally cutting out the tongue in the .Opration of slitting the wide strip into Yto Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a roofing machine the combination @with means for feeding a strip of roofing material, of dies entering the material from below for liberatin a series of tongues from said strip as it is ed, means for deflecting l said tongues and a slitter for severing the strip lengthwise along a line which will sever said tongues, for the purpose 'devpurpose described. A

ear the notches in the isever sai the strip, means disposed in the path of said partially withdrawn tongues to further defleet said tongues, and means for severing said strip lengthwise along a continuous line which will sever said tongues, forthe purpose described.

3. In a roofing machine the combination with means for feeding a strip of roofing material, a rotary cutter, and a rotary base against which the cutter operates, said cutter having a die for liberating tongues in the roofing strip, a deector located in line with the die and adapted to engage the liberated tongue and deflect it out of the plane of the roofing strip, and a slitter locatedfto cut Athe roon strip, len hwise along the bases of sai tongues, l or the 4,111: a `roofing machine the combination with means for feedlng a strip of roofing material, a rotary cutter, and a rotary base `against which the cutter. operates, saidcut ter having a die for vliberating tongues in theroofing strip, a -deliector located in line with the die and ada ted to engage the liberated tongue and efiect it out of the lane of the rooting strip, anda slitter ocated to out the roofing strip len hwise,

along the bases of said tongues, or the purpose described, said rotary cutter with its die being located beneath the roofin strip as it passes through the machine, and the deflector being also located beneath the strip. f e

5. In a roofing machinel the combination with means for feeding a strip of roofing material, of dies entering the material from below' for liberating a series of tongues -from said strip as it is fed, means for deflecting said tongues, and a slitter for ,severing the strip len hwise alon aline which will sever sai tongues,` an a'tripper device located' above the roong strip and operated so as to force downwardly into engagement with the'defiector means,`

the tongues liberated in the strip.

A6. In a roofing machine the combination with means for feeding a strip of roofing material, of dies adapted to enter terial from below thereby liberating during and a slitter for severing the strip lengtha continuous line which will tongues for the purpose described, and a fly linife operated to chop across the rooling strip so as to biseet spaces left by removal of said ton es.

AMANDUS GRAU.

HERMAN R. FlEDLlElR.V

wise alon the mathe feeding operation a series of tongues 

